Clemson Takes Five Of 12 Races At Pac-10 Rowing Challenge

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Clemson Takes Five Of 12 Races At Pac-10 Rowing Challenge

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--The Clemson women¹s rowing team won five of 12 races at the 2009 PAC-10 Rowing Challenge in Redwood Shores, CA.

Stanford University played host to the event that featured more than 114 crew races between the nation¹s top university as well as more than 400 cluba nd high school rowers.

Ranked university women¹s squads that took part in the event included #4 Stanford, #5 California, #6 Virginia, #12 Ohio State, and #13 Clemson.

The races were ran head to head with only two boats competing in each race. Overall, Clemson won five of the 12 races the Tigers participated in during the weekend event.

In the Varsity Eight competition, the Tigers raced against two nationally top five teams. In Saturday¹s action #4 Stanford¹s varsity eight defeated #13 Clemson. The Cardinal turned in a time of 6:27.6 compared to Clemson¹s 6:34.6. Later in the day, #5 California won over Clemson as the Golden Bears had a time of 6:49.4 compared to Clemson¹s 6:52.0. On Sunday UCLA defeated Clemson. The Bruins turned in a time of 6:50.8 while the Tigers were three seconds back with a time of 6:53.8.

In the second Varsity Eight races on Saturday, Stanford won over Clemson with a time of 6:35.5 compared to the Tigers¹ 6:39. California edged out Clemson in the same race by 1.8 seconds as the Bears had a time od 7:00.0 compared to Clemson 7:01.8. On Sunday, The Tigers were winners over UCLA as the Tigers had a time of 6:50.6, while UCLA had a time of 7:15.9.

Clemson¹s Varsity four won two of the three races. On Saturday in the head to head races, Clemson defeated Stanford as the Tigers had a time of 7:32.7 and the Cardinal had a time of 7:45.5. California won over the Tigers later in the day as the Golden Bears had a time of 8:14.4 and Clemson finished with an 8:18.9 performance. In the Sunday competition, Clemson won the race with UCLA as Clemson finished with a time of 7:42.9 and UCLA had an 8:05.07 mark.

In the novice races, The Tigers novice eight defeated Stanford with a time of 7:09.9 compared to the Cardinal¹s time of 7:14.8. California edged the Tigers by less than a second later in the day. The Golden Bears had a time of 7:41.1 compared to Clemson¹s 7:41.8. On Sunday the Tigers defeated UCLA by 12.7 seconds as the Tigers¹ posted a time of 7:14.1 compared to the Bruins¹ effort of 7:26.8.

³We learned a great deal from racing many of the best in collegiate rowing,² said Clemson Head Coach Richard Ruggieri. ³We clearly understand where we need to improve, and we are eager to do it. We also learned that our depth is growing. Our 2V8, V4 and N8 crews won five of the nine events.²